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St. Philomena's will close on Friday, December 20th and re-open on January 6th. Wishing you all a very Happy Christmas and every happiness in the New Year. We held our Christmas raffle on Tuesday December 10th. Congratulations to all our winners. Thank you to everyone for buying and selling tickets. A huge thank you to anyone that donated a prize. Please see below a list of our sponsors. Sponsors Glanmore Foods Hardwood Computers Chocolate Browns Martin Family Lambe’s Oil Bennett Family, Carroll’s Coaches Grattan Family Ryan’s Midlands Books Playtown Tullamore Protec Fire Services Ltd. Daru Uniforms Browne family Cosmic Bowls/VR Zone Woodies Hughes Family Dunnes Stores Aura Leisure Centre Lir Fire Protection Ltd. Bridge House Hotel McDonagh Family DID Electrical Cloonan’s Hardware Moran Family Boots Doyle’s Gala Sonia’s Sweets Bord na Mona K Flowers Permanent TSB Bank PJ Grennan’s McDonald’s Tullamore O’Donovan’s Chemist D & S Hardware Lloyd’s Pharmacy G & T Drapery PrintPlus G. Gaffey There will be no school on Wednesday, December 11th as the teachers have in service on the New Primary Languages Curriculum.
St. Philomena's has just elected its first Student Council. All of the candidates prepared speeches and made posters about how to make St. Phillomena's an even better school. An election was held in each class and twelve girls were elected: Emily Smith, Alana Nannery, Emily Spain, Clodagh Rigney, Aoife Kavanagh, Zoya Ausaf, Taylor Wrafter, Emma Power, Angie Sewell, Izzy Foley, Callie O' Hanlon and Alannah Greenan. They will attend meetings and discuss how we can make positive changes to our school.
Well done to all the girls in St. Philomena's that successfully completed the 20 day challenge by coming to school for all of the 20 school days in November. We had a very high attendance rate for the month with Ms. Marron's class having the highest overall attendance. All the girls that were present for the 20 days were presented with a certificate. Ms. Buckley organised a poster competition for our 20 day Every School Day Counts challenge. She had a very difficult time choosing the winners as the standard was very high. Congratulations to all our winners: Victoria Smith, Maddison Rickard, Juliet Clear, Sorcha McDonagh, Molly Dillane, Kelly O' Callaghan, Keeley Ryan, Angie Sewell, Fiadh Brennan, Amber Power and Maria Biesiada and thanks to everyone for taking part.
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St. Philomena's G.N.S.Welcome to our website. Message from the Principal
I feel humbled and honoured to write this message as the newly appointed principal of St. Philomena’s N.S. I have been a member of the St. Phil’s staff for the past 14 years and I can honestly say that I have loved every day working in the school. As a Clara woman starting out in a Tullamore school in September 2008, I didn’t quite know how I would be received but I knew instantly that I had landed somewhere very special. The ethos of St. Philomena’s is grounded in respect, tolerance, openness and honesty and as a staff, we work hard at building relationships with each other, with the pupils and their families. My aim as principal is to ensure that every child feels valued coming in the school gates in the morning and that more than anything else, every child wants to come to school with us. In our school, Every Child Counts or No Child Counts and I will make it my main aim to foster a commitment to equality of opportunity for every pupil, every day. I will strive for a healthy, positive learning and working environment for the staff and our pupils and to provide a space where well-being will blossom naturally. As parent(s)/ guardian(s), you are the primary educators of your child/ren, so please don’t be afraid to come in and talk to us if you have any questions or concerns regarding your child/ren. Together, we can do so much more! With Love, Geraldine Gaffey Archives
January 2024
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